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Christopher Williams (composer)
Christopher Williams may refer to: Artists *Christopher Williams (American artist) (born 1956), artist and photographer *Christopher Williams (Welsh artist) (1873–1934) *Christopher Williams, comic book illustrator known as ChrisCross *Christopher Williams (born 1951), British cartoonist who uses the name Kipper Williams Sportspeople *Christopher Williams (bobsleigh) (1927–2012), British bobsledder *Christopher Williams (cricketer) (born 1954), Australian cricketer *Christopher Williams (cyclist) (born 1981), Australian cyclist *Christopher Williams (soccer) (born 1984), American soccer player *Christopher Williams (sprinter) (born 1972), Jamaican athlete *Christopher Williams (rugby union) (born 1950), English rugby player *Christopher Morales Williams (born 2004), Canadian sprinter Other people *C. J. F. Williams (1930–1997), English philosopher *Christopher Williams (academic) (born 1952), English academic *Christopher Williams (singer) (born 1967), singer-songwriter *Chr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Williams (American Artist)
Christopher Williams (born 1956 in Los Angeles) is an American conceptual artist and fine-art photographer who lives in Cologne and works in Düsseldorf. Early life and education Williams was born in 1956 in Los Angeles, California. His father worked in Hollywood as a special effects artist. In the 1970s and early 1980s, he studied at the California Institute of the Arts where he received his B.F.A. and M.F.A. under the first generation of West Coast conceptual artists including John Baldessari, Michael Asher, and Douglas Huebler. Work Writing in ''Artforum'' in 2007, art critic Tim Griffin described Williams's approach as sociophotographic but more generally can be described as a political and historical practice. It has been said that Williams works within the tradition of institutional critique within what Sven Lütticken describes as an informal group, along with Willem de Rooij, Jeroen de Rijke and Mathias Poledna, that investigates the "parameters of the exhibition space ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Williams (academic)
Christopher Williams (born in London) is an English academic. He held posts at the universities of University of Bristol, Bristol, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, University of Cairo, Cairo, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, University of London, London and the United Nations University, United Nations. He is an invited Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (RSA), and magistrate. At school he taught himself to play the trumpet and gained a place at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London, aged 16, studying with Bernard Brown. He then became Head of Brass teaching at Wells Cathedral School and a tutor at Dartington College of Arts. In 1980 he left the UK to teach at the Cairo Conservatoire, Egypt, working with Samha El-Kholy, and was principal trumpet of the Cairo Symphony Orchestra. Here he became interested in disadvantage and poverty, and taught at the ''Al Noor Wal Amal'' School for blind children. In 1985 he broke the cultural boycott of South Africa to be a pri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaidynn Diore Fierce
Jaidynn Diore Fierce is the stage name of Christopher Williams, an American drag performer who competed on season 7 of the American television series ''RuPaul's Drag Race''. Williams, who is originally from Tennessee, lives and works in Nashville. He has spoken out against Tennessee's bill to ban public drag performance and gender-affirming care for transgender youth. Early life and education Christopher Williams was born in the U.S. state of Tennessee and raised in a Christian household. He graduated from high school in Nashville and attended his first drag show at Play Dance Bar in 2007 on the night of his graduation. Career Williams began his drag career in Nashville, competing in pageants for several years. He auditioned for ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' three times and was selected to compete as Jaidynn Diore Fierce in the show's seventh season (2015). On the show, she impersonated Raven-Symoné for the Snatch Game challenge. Jaidynn Diore Fierce was partnered with Tem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Hodder-Williams
John Christopher Glazebrook Hodder-Williams (25 August 1926 – 15 May 1995) was an English musician, songwriter and author, primarily of science fiction. He also wrote novels about aviation and espionage. He was the son of Ralph Hodder-Williams, who was one of the owners of the British publishing firm Hodder and Stoughton. Many of his books are early examples of what would later be called techno-thrillers. He also wrote teleplays, and worked as a composer and lyricist. Biography Hodder-Williams was born 25 August 1926, in London. He served in the Royal Corps of Signals from 1944 to 1948, where he served in the Middle East. Afterwards, after briefly working at Hodder and Stoughton, he became a jazz pianist and songwriter on Broadway in the early 1950s. He eventually returned to England, continuing to write songs & perform, before he published his first novel (''The Cummings Report'') in 1958 under the pseudonym James Brogan. His next 14 novels were published under his own name, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Williams (Cold Squad)
''Cold Squad'' is a Canadian police procedural drama television series that aired on CTV from 1998 to 2005. Created by Matt MacLeod, Philip Keatley and Julia Keatley, it stars Julie Stewart as Sgt. Ali McCormick, the lead investigator on a team of homicide detectives who reopen long-unsolved (or "cold") cases, using present-day forensic technology and psychological profiling to help crack them. ''Cold Squad'' was produced by Keatley MacLeod Productions and Alliance Atlantis in association with CTV Television Network, with the participation of the Canadian Television Fund (Canada Media Fund). ''Cold Squad'' is the first prime time national series produced out of Vancouver, British Columbia. With seven seasons and 98 episodes it became the longest-running prime time drama series on Canadian television. Julie Stewart directed and starred in three episodes of the series: "The Nanny" (No. 66), "Back in the Day" (No. 79), and "Mr. Bad Example" (No. 93). Episode run time is 43 minute ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Williams (astronaut)
Christopher Leigh Williams is an American medical physicist and NASA astronaut. Selected in 2021 as part of NASA Astronaut Group 23, he is slated to launch to the International Space Station in 2025 as a flight engineer on Expedition 74. Before joining NASA, Williams worked at Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and the Dana–Farber Cancer Institute, where he led efforts in MRI-guided radiation therapy for cancer treatment. He holds a Ph.D. in physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and is board-certified in medical physics. Early life and education Williams was born in New York City on October 23, 1983, and considers Potomac, Maryland his hometown. He graduated from Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring, Maryland in 2001, and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in physics from Stanford University in 2005. He received both a MS and Ph.D. in physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 2012, where his research focused ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Sapara Williams
Chieftain, Chief Christopher Alexander Sapara Williams (14 July 1855 – 15 March 1915) was the first indigenous Nigerian people, Nigerian lawyer, called to the English bar on 17 November 1879. In addition to his legal practice, he came to play an influential role in the politics of Nigeria during the colonial era. He held the Nigerian chieftaincy, chieftaincy title of the Lodifi of Ilesha. Chief Sapara Williams was the elder brother of Oguntola Sapara, who became a prominent physician. Early years Williams was born on 14 July 1855. He was of Ijesha origin, but was born in Sierra Leone. He studied the Law in London at the Inner Temple, and was called to the English bar on 17 November 1879. Returning from the United Kingdom, he began practising law in Lagos Colony on 13 January 1888. He had an unmatched reputation as an advocate, and had intimate knowledge of unwritten customary law. He enrolled in the Nigerian Bar Association on 30 January 1888, and was Chairman of the Nigeri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher K
Christopher is the English version of a Europe-wide name derived from the Greek name Χριστόφορος (''Christophoros'' or '' Christoforos''). The constituent parts are Χριστός (''Christós''), "Christ" or "Anointed", and φέρειν (''phérein''), "to bear"; hence the "Christ-bearer". As a given name, 'Christopher' has been in use since the 10th century. In English, Christopher may be abbreviated as "Chris", "Topher", and sometimes " Kit". It was frequently the most popular male first name in the United Kingdom, having been in the top twenty in England and Wales from the 1940s until 1995, although it has since dropped out of the top 100. Within the United Kingdom, the name is most common in England and not so common in Wales, Scotland, or Northern Ireland. Cognates in other languages *Afrikaans: Christoffel, Christoforus *Albanian: Kristofer, Kristofor, Kristoforid, Kristo *Arabic: كريستوفر (''Krīstafor, Kristūfar, Krístufer''), اصطفر (''ʔi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Harris Williams
Christopher Harris "Kit" Williams (December 18, 1798 – November 27, 1857) was an American politician who represented Tennessee's United States House of Representatives, thirteenth and United States House of Representatives, eleventh districts in the United States House of Representatives. Biography Williams was born near Hillsborough, North Carolina, on December 18, 1798. He pursued an academic course and attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He studied law, was admitted to the bar about 1820, and practiced law. He married Jane Allison on December 9, 1819. Career Williams was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-fifth, Twenty-sixth, and Twenty-seventh Congresses by Tennessee's thirteenth district. He served from March 4, 1837 to March 3, 1843. He was an unsuccessful candidate for re-election in 1842 to the Twenty-eighth Congress. After the number of districts held by Tennessee had been reduced, Williams was elected by Tennessee's eleventh district to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Williams (singer)
Christopher Lawrence Williams (born August 22, 1967) is an American singer and actor. Williams, who emerged during the late 1980s as a recording artist for Geffen Records, has scored many R&B hit singles, notably "Talk to Myself" (1989), " I'm Dreamin'" (1991) and " Every Little Thing U Do" (1993). Career Music The single "I'm Dreamin'", from the '' New Jack City'' soundtrack, became a No. 1 single on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks charts. After a six-year hiatus from recording music, he returned to the scene with ''Real Men Do'' on the indie label Renegade, in 2001. It received a glowing, flattering review in '' Ebony Magazine'' that summer. In between solo pursuits, he has been a contributor to Alex Bugnon's "As Promised", with a smooth-jazz version of Mary J. Blige's "All That I Can Say", featured on "In Your World" with Twista & The Speedknot Mobstas, a very up-tempo track on the soundtrack of "Doctor Dolittle", and on the Cafe Soul All-Stars CD with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Morales Williams
Christopher Morales Williams (born 5 August 2004) is a Canadian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. Since 2022, he has competed for the University of Georgia Bulldogs. On February 24, 2024, as a sophomore, he set an unofficial world indoor record in the 400 m of 44.49 at the SEC Championships held in Fayetteville. He then set a new Canadian record in the 400m at the 2024 Outdoor SEC Championships on May 11 with a time of 44.05. Early and personal life Williams was born in Vaughan, Ontario to parents Raul Morales and Tania Morales Williams. He has two siblings: Nicolas and Alexandra. He attended St. Elizabeth Catholic High School where he graduated in 2022. He missed two years of high school track training and competition when schools were shut during the pandemic, substituting daily solo long-distance runs for training, working up to 12 kilometres. He majors in Ecology at the University of Georgia. High School career 2019 Morales-Williams was the number one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Williams (Welsh Artist)
Christopher David Williams (7 January 1873 – 1934) was a Welsh people, Welsh artist. Biography Williams was born in Maesteg, Wales. His father Evan Williams wished for him to be a doctor, but he disliked the idea. A visit to the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, in 1892, where he spent some hours in front of Frederick Leighton's ''Perseus and Andromeda'', revealed a new world to him. He left the Gallery with a firm decision that he would be an artist. He studied first in Neath at the town's Technical Institute in 1892 and 1893 under Mr. Kerr. From 1893 he spent three years at the Royal College of Art and then studied at the Royal Academy Schools from 1896 until 1901. In 1902, his ''Paolo and Francesca'' was hung in the Royal Academy and his portrait of his father was shown there in 1903. These were the first of 18 paintings by Williams exhibited there. His portrait of Alfred Comyn Lyall, Sir Alfred Lyall was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1910 and brought him an invitation f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
